diploma Definition
di·ploma (də plō′mə)
noun pl. -·mas
- an official state document or historical document; charter
- a certificate conferring honors, privileges, etc.
- a certificate issued to a student by a school, college, or university, indicating graduation or the conferring of a degree
Etymology: L, state letter of recommendation < Gr diplōma, folded letter < diploun, to double < diploos, double
diploma Synonyms
diploma
n.
diploma Usage Examples
Converse of object
- specialize: Afterward there is a fifth year to obtain a specialized diploma, or to do specific training to become a judge or notary.
- accredit: To this end, a university accredited management diploma has been developed which will develop all of these areas.
- attain: In 1990, she attained a post graduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy and in 1993 a Master of Science.
- award: They were both awarded honorary diplomas for best students, based on their presentations in the ' New Talents ' sessions.
Preposition: in
journalism: About the author Jason Draper is a postgraduate student at Cardiff University, studying for a PG diploma in magazine journalism.
Adjective modifier
- two-year: The RNIB School of Rehabilitation Studies pioneered the first flexible open learning Rehabilitation Course in the UK, a two-year full-time diploma.
- vocational: Fourteen year olds must choose between a vocational diploma or a broad academic curriculum.
- one-year: The course is a one-year, full time diploma.
- three-year: Martin took the three-year nursing diploma at the university and is now employed as a mental health nurse at Glasgow's Leverndale Hospital.
- advanced: Mike T is currently studying for an advanced diploma in Business Studies in Dar es Salaam.
- undergraduate: We also run an advanced computing diploma for those who have finished the undergraduate diploma or have equivalent experience.
Modifies a noun
- thesis: In my diploma thesis, I've dealt with the reconstruction of micro objects from focus sets.
- mill: You may not use your authority to repay student loans if the degree is from a diploma mill.
- course: Upon marrying Vic in August 1979 I began a two year nursing diploma course at Grace Hospital in Winnipeg.
Noun used with modifier
- post-graduate: Kate also has a post-graduate diploma from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
- postgraduate: However, postgraduate diploma courses can provide suitable training to enable them to go into the industry.
- pre-registration: I had to fight to be accepted for a pre-registration nursing diploma course.
- soloist: London Employment Wanted Early music: Hello, I am a musician with a soloist diploma in v. .
- midwifery: For nursing and midwifery diploma students, this will be the appropriate proportion of the full-time rate.
- graduate: Janet is studying for a post graduate diploma in Drugs Information.
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